| Cohousing Values and purpose | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Chris Terbrueggen (christopher402 gmail.com)
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| Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:27:01 -0700 (PDT) | |
How would you proceed based on your experience in Cohousing ? Chris >> >> >> Below are the results of the values workshop and its Task Force. There is a >> dream statement and the 3rd draft of the resulting values. The Strategic >> Planning Committee is requesting feed-back on the dream statement before >> finalizing a proposal. Responses from the board and all standing committees >> are welcome as well as individual members of CohoMadison. >> >> Hopefully the following questions can provide a base for evaluation. These >> questions were developed by Diana Leafe Christian: Creating a Life Together: >> Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities. there is a >> deadline of March 30. >> >> >> >> Do you feel good when you read the written expression? >> >> >> >> Is it meaningful to you? If not, how would it need to be changed to make it >> meaningful? >> >> >> >> Does it resonate with your personal sense of identity? >> >> >> >> Do you feel as if you can own it? >> >> >> >> Does it show what your community will be like when your vision is achieved? >> >> >> >> After you read it, can you remember it? Do you see it? >> >> >> >> Does it focus on the who, what and why of CohoMadison? >> >> >> >> Does it reveal and announce our core values? >> >> >> >> Is your dream statement simple, clean and authentic? >> >> >> >> Dream Statement >> >> >> >> In 2023… >> >> CohoMadison is an intentional and sustainable community that celebrates our >> diversity and commits our time and talents to nurture the fullness and joy >> of each other. We embody our values through an ethic of care for our place >> and connection to each other, the larger community, and the cohousing >> movement. >> >> >> >> We are an example of a vibrant and evolving community that integrates the >> considerable knowledge and perspectives of our members as key to dynamic, >> effective problem-solving. >> >> Through continuous learning we are willing to examine conflicts to develop >> shared perspective, which strengthens both individual bonds and the >> community as a whole. >> >> >> >> We are a joyful extended family! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> CohoMadison Values (2/19/18) >> >> Version 3 >> >> >> >> Values Task Force: >> >> >> >> Values >> >> Caring Community >> >> - Includes respect, compassion, kindness, and empathy >> - An environment filled with humor, fun, joy, ritual and celebration >> - Being neighborly >> >> >> Diversity >> >> - Inclusive, accessible and welcoming to a multiplicity of people of a >> variety of means >> - Reflective of the wider community >> >> >> Intentional Community Building >> >> - Continuously building trust among community members >> - Affirming, inclusive, and effective group process >> - Shared Responsibility and voice >> - Connection & collaboration with the neighborhood and broader community >> >> >> Sustainability - Consideration of: >> >> -Environmental impact >> -Financial resources >> -Human resources of time, talent, and abilities >> -Balance between privacy and community involvement >>
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